Elisa Longo Borghini

Elisa Longo Borghini
	Longo Borghini at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Elisa Longo Borghini
Born	10 December 1991 (age 30); Verbania, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Team information
Current team	Trek–Segafredo
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2011	Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo
2012–2014	Hitec Products–Mistral Home
2015–2018	Wiggle–Honda
2019–	Trek–Segafredo
Major wins
	Stage races La Route de France (2015) Tour de Bretagne Féminin (2014) Trophée d'Or Féminin (2014) Emakumeen Euskal Bira (2019) One day races Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio (2013, 2021) Tour of Flanders for Women (2015) Strade Bianche Donne (2017) GP de Plouay (2021) National Road Race Championships (2017, 2020, 2021) National Time Trial Championships (2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.^[3]

During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.^[4]^[5] She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 and 2020.^[6]^[7]

Career[]

Longo Borghini after winning bronze in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics

She won the bronze medal at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Women's road race event.^[8]^[9]

On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for Wiggle–Honda in the 2015 season.^[10] In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new Trek–Segafredo for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise.^[11]

In July 2021, she competed in the 137-kilometre (85-mile)-long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, and won the bronze medal.^[12] She followed an attack by Annemiek van Vleuten with 2.1 kilometres (1.3 miles) to go, with van Vleuten securing second place and Longo Borghini securing third place.^[12]

Personal life[]

She is the daughter of cross country skier Guidina Dal Sasso. Her older brother Paolo Longo Borghini also competed professionally as a cyclist,^[9] between 2004 and 2014.

Major results[]

2011

5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

6th Road race

8th Time trial

10th Omloop van het Hageland

2012

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

3rd

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

3rd Omloop van het Hageland

3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

3rd GP de Plouay – Bretagne

5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

1st

Young rider classification

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 5

6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

7th Le Samyn des Dames

9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

1st

Young rider classification

2013

1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island

2nd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 4

2nd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

3rd Chrono des Nations

4th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol

4th Le Samyn des Dames

4th Tour of Flanders for Women

4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

6th Ronde van Gelderland

8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

9th Omloop van het Hageland

2014

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st

Trophée d'Or Féminin

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 4

1st

Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin

1st

Mountains classification

1st Prologue & Stage 3

2nd Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames

3rd Cholet Pays de Loire Dames

3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

4th Tour of Flanders for Women

5th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

1st

Italian rider classification

5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

1st

Young rider classification

6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

7th Ronde van Gelderland

7th GP de Plouay

7th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen

8th Le Samyn des Dames

10th Omloop van het Hageland

2015

1st

Overall La Route de France

1st Stages 3 & 5

1st Tour of Flanders for Women

1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic

3rd Strade Bianche

4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

5th Marianne Vos Classic

5th Holland Hills Classic

8th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

1st

Italian rider classification

9th GP de Plouay

2016

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

2nd Road race

1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

1st

Mountains classification Giro d'Italia Femminile

2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

2nd Philadelphia Cycling Classic

Olympic Games

3rd

Road race

5th Time trial

UEC European Road Championships

3rd

Road race

7th Time trial

3rd Overall The Women's Tour

4th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

4th Strade Bianche

5th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs

5th Tour of Flanders for Women

5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

9th Overall Belgium Tour

9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

2017

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st Strade Bianche

2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

1st

Italian rider classification

3rd La Course by Le Tour de France

4th Ronde van Drenthe

4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

5th Amstel Gold Race

9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

10th Overall The Women's Tour

10th Tour of Flanders for Women

2018

1st

Road race, Mediterranean Games

3rd Strade Bianche

4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

6th Overall The Women's Tour

1st

Mountains classification

6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

7th Tour of Guangxi

9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

9th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire

10th Overall Giro Rosa

1st

Italian rider classification

10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

2019

1st

Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

1st

Points classification

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 4

1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT

2nd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

3rd

Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

5th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour

5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

6th La Course by Le Tour de France

8th Overall Giro Rosa

1st

Italian rider classification

8th Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women

9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

10th Overall The Women's Tour

2020

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

2nd

Road race, UEC European Road Championships

2nd Overall UCI Women's World Tour

2nd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta

2nd Clasica Femenina Navarra

3rd

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Overall Giro Rosa

1st

Italian rider classification

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 8

Held

after Stage 1

3rd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

4th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa

5th Strade Bianche

5th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

6th La Course by Le Tour de France

7th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

8th Tour of Flanders for Women

10th Gent–Wevelgem

2021

1st

Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st GP de Plouay

1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa

2nd Strade Bianche

Olympic Games

3rd

Road race

10th Time trial

3rd

Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd La Flèche Wallonne

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

3rd Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa

4th Tour of Flanders for Women

7th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta

8th Amstel Gold Race

10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Classics results timeline[]

Classic	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Monuments results timeline
Tour of Flanders	52	23	4	4	1	5	10	—	17	8	4
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Race did not exist						9	DNF	9	25	3
Paris–Roubaix	Race did not exist									NH	3
Classics results timeline
Classic	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	5	7	12	27	17	16	5	11	37	—	10
Strade Bianche Donne	Race did not exist				3	4	1	3	—	5	2
Ronde van Drenthe	24	20	—	16	25	69	4	—	—	NH	—
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	25	25	1	6	4	—	9	10	33	NH	1
Gent–Wevelgem	DNE	—	—	—	—	15	42	72	77	10	33
Amstel Gold Race	Race did not exist						5	12	14	NH	8
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	14	76	2	3	18	5	—	11	20	5	3
Open de Suède Vårgårda	38	—	—	—	17	—	—	—	DNF	Not held
GP de Plouay – Bretagne	19	3	DNF	7	9	9	34	12	37	29	1

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
NH	Not held
DNE	Did not exist

References[]

^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Chi è Elisa Longo Borghini, medaglia di bronzo nel ciclismo a Tokyo". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
^ "Cycling Road LONGO BORGHINI Elisa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
^ Ryan, Barry (22 September 2012). "Vos solos to second road world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ "Van der Breggen claims historic double in Imola". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ "Rachel Neylan finished second in world road cycle titles behind Marianne Vos". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Bergonzi, Pier; Scognamiglio, Ciro (22 September 2012). "World Championships: Vos wins Gold Longo Borghini claims Bronze". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Longo Borghini signs with new Trek women's team in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Benson, Daniel (25 July 2021). "Olympics: Shock gold for Anna Kiesenhofer in women's road race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

External links[]

Elisa Longo Borghini at Cycling Archives
Elisa Longo Borghini at ProCyclingStats
Elisa Longo Borghini at Cycling Quotient
Elisa Longo Borghini at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
Elisa Longo Borghini at Olympedia

[1] "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[2] "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[3] "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[4] "Chi è Elisa Longo Borghini, medaglia di bronzo nel ciclismo a Tokyo". Il Riformista (in Italian). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-09-18.

[5] "Cycling Road LONGO BORGHINI Elisa - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-18.

[6] Ryan, Barry (22 September 2012). "Vos solos to second road world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[7] "Van der Breggen claims historic double in Imola". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

[8] "Rachel Neylan finished second in world road cycle titles behind Marianne Vos". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved September 23, 2012.

[gazzetta-9] Bergonzi, Pier; Scognamiglio, Ciro (22 September 2012). "World Championships: Vos wins Gold Longo Borghini claims Bronze". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25.

[10] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[11] "Longo Borghini signs with new Trek women's team in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[Benson-12] Benson, Daniel (25 July 2021). "Olympics: Shock gold for Anna Kiesenhofer in women's road race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

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1960–1979	(1963) (1964) (1965) (1966) (1967) (1968) (1969) (1970) (1971) (1972–1973) (1974) Luigina Bissoli (1975) (1976) Luigina Bissoli (1977) (1978) Francesca Galli (1979)
1980–1999	(1980) (1981) Maria Canins (1982) (1983) Maria Canins (1984–1985) (1986) Maria Canins (1987–1989) Elisabetta Fanton (1990) (1991) Michela Fanini (1992) Imelda Chiappa (1993) (1994) (1995) Fabiana Luperini (1996) Imelda Chiappa (1997) (1998) Valeria Cappellotto (1999)
2000–2019	Gabriella Pregnolato (2000) (2001) (2002) Alessandra Cappellotto (2003) Fabiana Luperini (2004) Silvia Parietti (2005) Fabiana Luperini (2006) Eva Lechner (2007) Fabiana Luperini (2008) Monia Baccaille (2009–2010) Noemi Cantele (2011) Giada Borgato (2012) Dalia Muccioli (2013) Elena Cecchini (2014–2016) Elisa Longo Borghini (2017) Marta Cavalli (2018) Marta Bastianelli (2019)
2020–2039	Elisa Longo Borghini (2020–2021)